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The Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on May 6, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 May 1914363,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 6, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
363,338 km225,768 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1914 is on Saturday, May 9, 1914 at 21:30 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 25, 1914 at 11:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 3, 191406:29
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 9, 191421:30

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Wednesday, May 6, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1914 to the new moon of May 25, 1914, a cycle of 29.63 days.